"We are very interested in filming Angels & Demons," SPE vice-chairman Jeff Blake revealed in an interview. "We hope that the relationship with Dan Brown will be a long one. That could be the next project."

Angels & Demons was Brown's third novel, followed by Da Vinci Code. Both books feature protagonist Robert Langdon. Oscar winner Tom Hanks portrayed the symbologist in Da Vinci, and the Times article suggests he could reprise the role for Angels. No word yet if Da Vinci director Ron Howard or screenwriter Akiva Goldsman will also return.

As the Times Online reminds us, Angels & Demons follows "Langdon's brush with a shadowy secret society, the Illuminati, and his frantic quest for the world's most powerful energy source, in the company of a beautiful Italian physicist whose father, a brilliant physicist, has been murdered."

Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon; click on the pic for more images from The Da Vinci Code.